36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and now you want to take Benjamin. EVERYTHING IS AGAINST ME!” Genesis 42
28 And Israel said, “I’m convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I WILL GO AND SEE HIM before I die.” Genesis 45
After the first journey to Egypt, EVERYTHING seemed to be against Jacob and his family. They’d got a brief respite from the famine but it was only temporary. The next time they were going to Egypt they would have to take Benjamin, the apple of Jacob’s eye and only surviving son of his beloved Rachel.
But after their second journey, everything had changed. (We’re all on a journey, with a beginning and end, here on this earth!) What made the difference? A change in perspective, they’d seen and understood God’s plans to preserve them!
4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! 5 And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, BECAUSE IT WAS TO SAVE LIVES THAT GOD SENT ME AHEAD OF YOU. Genesis 45
Did you ever think that getting God’s perspective could completely change your outlook on your problems? The problem of famine was very real and the initial step/journey gave some help, but it was only when they had REVELATION OF GOD’S PURPOSES THAT IT WAS RESOLVED. Many times today we hear prophetic voices giving God’s invitation to, ‘Come up here’. We need to stand in the place of revelation and get heaven’s perspective on what we face.
We would like everything to happen at once, but Jacob and his sons HAD TO GO THROUGH GOD’S PROCESS TO ENTER INTO HIS PROVISION. Many believers today are unhappy with the circumstances they’ve had to face in their journey, but God has His plans and purposes. Never give up, we can trust our Father in every situation.
Immanuel, Stay Strong, God is with us.
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38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6
THE LORD IS NO ONE’S DEBTOR, HALLELUJAH.